diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index f791ca70ca9592664e2fd31bc1eadfc43f19cba3..44b317410c26129930a6747e6213e3d71d1b8870 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags);
 void curl_global_cleanup(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre4"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.3"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070903
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 6fd7991ea832055f4e70481e5b64a2f69edfb7fb..6c13071828cecb2ba230ed6b3bcc76be9ff9900a 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre4"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.3"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "